Existing New Testament Manuscripts
Here is a summary of the extant (existing) New Testament manuscripts.
Contents
Summary of New Testament Manuscripts
Partial Listing of New Testament Manuscripts
Comparison with Other Literature
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Dates |
# Greek copies |
Greek Manuscripts |
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150-200 A.D. |
13 |
p52, p104, p87, p46, p66, p90, p98, p77+p103, p32, p38, 0189, p1, p64. (Since 0212 is the Diatessaron harmony of the gospels. It is arguable whether it should be counted or not; so not counted here.) |
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201-250 A.D. |
15 |
p111, p4, p24, p75, p137, p45, Green’s Collection #1425, p30, p5, p23, p48, p39, p106, p13, p22 |
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251-299 A.D. |
27 |
p12, p9, p20, p27+p40, p28, p35, p. Antinoopolis 2.54; p69, p70, p80, p95, p101, p107, p108, p109, p113, p114, p133, p135, p53, p49+p65, p47, p115, p15+p16, p17, p110 |
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around 300 A.D. |
13 |
p72, p38, p92, p100, p102, 0162, 0171, 0220, 0232, p7, p18, p35, p115, 0312 |
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301-400 A.D. |
20 |
Vaticanus (B), Sinaiticus, p8, p10, p24, p25, p62, p71, p81, p86, p88, p89, p110, 058, 0185, 0207, 0221, 0228, 0231, 0242 |
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around 400 A.D. |
7 |
p21, p50, p51, p57, p82, p85, 059 |
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401-500 A.D. |
36 |
A, C, D, I, Q 026, T, p14, p93, p112, p127, 048, 062, 068, 069, 077, 0165, 0166, 0172, 0173, 0175, 0176, 0182, 0201, 0216, 0217, 0218, 0226, 0227, 0232, 0236, 0249, 0244, 0252, 0254, 0261, 0274 |
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501-600 A.D. |
24+ |
p11+p14, p33+p58, p36, p76, p83, p84, p105, E 08, H 015, O, P 024, Z, Σ 242, 060, 066, 067, 070, 071, 072, 076, 078, 079, 081, 082, etc. |
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500-700 A.D. |
13+ |
03, p43, p44, p56, p93, p31, p43, p44, p55, p68?, p76, p97, p116, etc. |
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9th to 15th cent. |
~3000 |
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Others > 700 A.D. |
2495+ |
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Total Greek |
5664 |
Also, there are about 18,336 copies in other languages. |
Here is a partial listing of the existing New Testament manuscripts.
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Date |
Name |
Preserved Content |
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117-138 A.D. or 110-125 A.D. (The Complete Text of the Earliest New Testament Manuscripts p.367) |
p52 (John Rylands) (= Papyrii Rylands 457) |
John 18:31-33, reverse side John 18:37-38 (5 verses) |
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100-150 A.D. |
p104 (=P. Oxyrhynchus 4404) |
Matthew 21:34-37,43,45(?) Matthew 21:44 was not originally present (5 verses) |
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c.125 A.D. |
p87 - handwriting is nearly identical to p46. |
Philemon 13-15,24 (part),25b with gaps (3 verses) |
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100-150 A.D. (Comfort) 81-96 A.D. (Young Kyu Kim) |
p46 (=Chester Beatty II)
It has 1,390 verses from Paul and 290 verses from Hebrews. This is 70% of the 2,389 verses in Paul and Hebrews. |
Romans 5:17-6:3; 6:5-14; 8:15-25,27-35; 8:37-9:32; 10:1-11:11; 11:24-33; 11:35-15:9; 15:11-16:27; Hebrews 1:1-9:16; 9:18-10:20,22-30; 10:32-13:25 (300/303 verses); 1 Corinthians 1:1-9:2; 9:4-14:14; 14:16-15:15; 15:17-16:22 (all but 5 verses); 2 Corinthians 1:1-11:10,12-21; 11:23-13:13 (all but 3 verses); Ephesians 1:1-2:7; 2:10-5:6; 5:8-6:6, 8-18, 20-24 (all but 5 verses); Galatians 1:1-8; 1:10-2:9, 12-21; 3:2-29; 4:2-18; 4:20-5:17; 5:20-6:8, 10-18 (all but 9 verses); Philippians 1:1, 5-15, 17-28; 1:30-2:12, 14-17; 2:29-3:8, 10-21; 4:2-12, 14-23 (all but 20 verses); Colossians 1:1-2, 5-13, 16-24; 1:27-2:19; 2:23-3:11, 13-24; 4:3-12, 16-18 (all but 16 verses); 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 1:9-2:3; 5:5-9,23-28 |
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100-150 A.D. (Hunger) or 125-175 A.D. (Philip Comfort and Barrett) c.200-250 A.D. (Turner due to broad delta, broad theta, narrow alpha, finial end on the crossbar of epsilon, apostrophe between double consonants like other third century manuscripts. However, we go with Hunger and Philip Comfort because second century manuscripts have been found with these features. This was discovered close to Nag Hamadi (second century). Hunger has found many late first and early second centuries manuscripts that are closer to p66 than 3rd century documents. |
p66 (Bodmer II + Inv. NR4274/4296) 808.5 verses, which is 92% of the 879 verses in John |
John 1:1-6:11; 6:35b-14:26, 29-30;15:2-26; 16:2-4, 6-7; 16:10-20:20; 20:22-23; 20:25-21:9, 12, 17. (John 7:53-8:11 was never present) |
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c.172 A.D. |
0212 |
Tatian’s Diatessaron (Harmony of the Gospels) Matthew 27:56; 27:57; Mark 15:40; 15:42; Luke 23:40, 23:49b-c; Luke 23:50, 23:51a, 23:51b, 23:51c, 23:54; John 19:38 (10 verses) |
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c.175 A.D. |
p90 (P. Oxyrhynchus 3523) |
John 18:36-19:7 (12 verses) |
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2nd century |
p98 (P.IFAO Inv. 237b [+a] |
Revelation 1:13-2:1 (9 verses) |
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Mid to Late 2nd century |
p77 and p103 |
Matthew 23:30-39; Matthew 13:55-57; 14:3-5 (10 + 6 verses) |
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150-200 A.D. |
p32 (P. Rylands 5) probably from Oxyrhynchus |
Titus 1:1-15; 2:3-8 (21 verses) |
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Late 2nd / early 3rd century |
p38 (P. Michigan Inv. 1571) |
Acts 18:27-19:6, 12-16 (13 verses) |
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Late 2nd / early 3rd century |
Uncial 0189 |
Acts 5:3-21 (earliest parchment of the N.T.) (19 verses) |
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c.200 A.D. |
p1 (= p. Oxyrhynchus 2) |
Matthew 1:1-9,12,14-20; 2:14? (17 or 18 verses) |
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Second century ca.200 A.D. (150-175 A.D.) Comfort and Barrett |
p64 (Magdalen) and p67. All agree these are from the same manuscript. |
(p67) Matthew 3:9,15; 5:20-22,25-28 (p64) Matthew 26:7-8,10,14-15,22-23,31-33 (19 verses) |
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c.215 A.D. or 200-250 A.D. |
p111 (= P. Oxyrhynchus 4495) |
Luke 17:11-13, 22-23 (5 verses) |
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Early to mid-2nd century In 1963 Aland dated it to the third century. However, if it is the same original as p64 and p67 then it would have to be early to mid-2nd century. |
p4 (handwriting is the same as p64 and p67.) (Aland disagreed but never gave a reason.) Also, all three have an unusual abbreviation for “Jesus”.). p4 was used as padding for a copy of Philo’s works that was hidden to avoid confiscation in either 292 A.D. or 303 A.D. The Philo Codex was written about 250 A.D. |
Luke 1:58-59; 1:62-2:1,6-7; 3:8-4:2,29-32,34-35; 5:3-8; 5:30-6:16 (95 verses) |
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200-225 A.D. |
p29 |
Acts 26:7-8, 20 (3 verses) |
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175-225 A.D. (ca 175 A.D.) Comfort and Barrett |
p75 (=Bodmer 14/15) |
Luke 3:18-22; 3:33-4:2; 4:34-5:10; 5:37-6:4; 6:10-7:32; 7:35-39,41-43; 7:46-9:2; 9:4-17:15; 17:19-18:18; 22:4-24:53 [758 verses of Luke]; John 1:1-11:45, 48-57; 12:3-13:1,8-9; 14:8-29;15:7-8 (Jn 7:53-8:11 never present) [597 verses of John] (1,355 verses total) |
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2nd or 3d century |
p137 |
Mark 1:7-9,16-18 (6 verses) |
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200-225 A.D. |
p45 (=Chester Beatty I) Matthew 71 verses Mark 147 verses Luke 242 verses John 84 verses Acts 289 verses |
Much of Acts and the Gospels. Matthew 20:24-32; 21:13-19; 25:41-26:39 [61 verses]; Mark 4:36-5:2; 5:16-26; 5:38-6:3; 2 letters of 6:15; 6:16-25, 36-50; 7:3-15; (7:44 is a bit hard to make out), 7:25-8:1; 8:10-26; 8:34-9:8; 4 letters of 9:9; 9:18-31; 11:27-12:1; 12:5-8,13-19,24-28 [147 verses]; Luke 6:31-41; 6:45-7:7; 9:26-41; 9:45-10:1; 10:6-22; 10:26-11:1; 11:6-25, 28-46; 11:50-12:13 (12:9 was never written); 12:18-37; 12:42-13:1; 13:6-24; 13:29-14:10; 14:17-33 [242 verses]; John 4:51,54; 5:21,24; 10:7-25; 2 complete out of 16 letters of 10:30; 10:31-11:10; 11:18-36,42-57 [84 verses]. Acts 4:27-36; 5:10-20; (8 out of 33 letters in 5:21) 30-39; 6:7-7:2; 7:10-21; 7:32-41; 7:52-8:1; 8:14-15, 8:34-9:6; (8:37 was never written); 9:16-27; 9:35-10:2; 10:10-23, 31-41; 11:2-13; 11:24-12:6; 12:13-22; 13:6-16,25-36; 13:46-14:3; 14:15-23; 15:2-7,9-27; 15:38-16:4; 16:15-21,32-40; 17:9-17) At Acts 15:7 this scribe lost his place and repeated from Acts 15:2. [289 verses] |
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Early 3rd century |
Green Collection #425 |
Romans 9:18-21, some Romans 10 |
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Early 3rd century (ca.225 A.D.) |
p30 |
1 Thess. 4:12-13, 16-17; 5:3, 8-10, 12-18, 25-28 [19 verses 1 Thess]; 2 Thess. 1:1-2; 2:1, 9-11 [6 verses 2 Thess] (25 verses total) |
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Early 3rd century |
p5 (=papyrus Oxyrhynchus 208 + 1781) |
John 1:23-31, 33-40; 16:14-30; 20:11-17, 19-20, 22-25 (47 verses) |
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p23 Urbana (=papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1229) |
James 1:10-12, 15-18 (7 verses) |
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c.220 A.D. |
p48 (=Firenze bibl. Medicea Laurenziana; PSI 1165) |
Acts 23:11-17,25-29 (12 verses) |
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200-250 A.D |
p39 |
John 8:14-22 (9 verses) |
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200-250 A.D |
p106 (= P. Oxyrhynchus 4445) |
John 1:29-35,40-46 (14 verses) |
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225-250 A.D. |
p13 (p. Oxyrhynchus 657 + PSI 1292) |
Hebrews 2:14-5:5; 10:8-22; 10:29-11:13; 11:28-12:17 (114 verses) |
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c.250 A.D. |
p22 (=papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1228) |
John 15:25-16:2; 16:21-32 (17 verses) |
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250-251 A.D. Severe Persecution by the Emperor Decius across the entire Roman Empire |
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285-300 A.D. |
p12 (P. Amherst 3b) |
Hebrews 1:1 (1 verse) |
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3rd century |
p9 (= papyrus Oxyrhynchus 402) |
1 John 4:11-12, 14-17 (6 verses) |
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3rd century |
p20 (=papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1171) |
James 2:19-3:2; (6 out of 96 letters of 3:3); 3:4-9) (16 verses) |
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3rd century |
p27 + p40 (=papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1355) |
(p40) Romans 1:24-27,31-2:3; 3:21-4:8; 6:4-5; (9 out of 55 letters of 6:15), 6:16; 9:17,27. (p27) Rom 8:12-22,24-27,33-9:3; 9:5-9 |
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3rd century |
p28 (=papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1596) |
John 6:8-12, 17-22 (11 verses) |
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3rd century |
p35 |
Matthew 25:12-15,20-23 (8 verses) |
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3rd century |
p Antinoopolis 2.54 |
Matthew 6:10-12 (Part of the Lord’s prayer) (2 verses) |
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3rd century |
p69 |
Luke 22:40, 45-48, 58-61. It never contained Luke 22:43-44 (9 verses) |
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3rd century |
p70 |
Matthew 2:13-16; 2:22-3:1; 11:26-27; 12:4-5; 24:3-6, 12-15 (19 verses) |
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3rd century |
p80 (= P. Barcelona 83) |
Matthew 3:34 |
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3rd century |
p95 (PL II/31) |
John 5:2-29, 36-38 |
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3rd century |
p101 (= P. Oxyrhynchus 4401) |
Matthew 3:10-12; 3:16-4:3 (8 verses) |
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3rd century |
p107 (=P. Oxyrhynchus 4446) |
John 17:1-2,11 |
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3rd century |
p108 (=P. Oxyrhynchus 4447) |
John 17:23-24; 18:1-5 |
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3rd century |
P109 (=P. Oxyrhynchus 4448) |
John 21:18-20, 23-25 |
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3rd century |
p113 (=P. Oxyrhynchus 4497) |
Romans 2:12-13, 19 |
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3rd century |
p114 (=P. Oxyrhynchus 4498) |
Hebrews 1:7-23 |
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3rd century |
p133 |
1 Timothy 3:13-4:18 |
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3rd century |
p138 |
Luke 18:13-17, 27-30 |
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c.260 The date is based on similarities to Letters of Heroninos date c.260 A.D. |
p53 (=p. Michigan Inv. 6652) |
Matthew 26:29-40; Acts 9:33-38; 3 letters of the 124 letters in 9:39; 9:40-10:1 (23 verses) |
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mid-3rd century |
p37 (U Michigan Inv. 1570; P. Mich. 137) |
Matthew 26:19-52 (34 verses)
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mid-3rd century |
p49 + p65 (=Yale p.415+531 + Firenze. 1st. di Pap. G. Vitelli PSI XIV 1373) |
(p49) Eph 4:16-29; 4:31-5:13 (29 verses) (p65) 1 Th 1:3-2:1; 2:6-13 (19 verses) |
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250-300 A.D. |
p47 (=Chester Beatty III) |
Revelation 9:10-11:3; 11:5-16:15; 16:17-17:2 (125 verses) |
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mid to late 3rd century |
p115 (=papyrus Oxyrhynchus 4499) |
Revelation 2:1-3, 13-15, 27-29; 3:10-12; 5:8-9; 6:5-6; 8:3-8, 11-13; 9:1-5,7-16,18-21; 10:1-4,8-10,12-17; 13:1-3, 6-16,18; 14:1-3, 5-7, 10-11, 14-15, 18-20; 15:1,4-7 (published in 1999) (119 verses) |
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late 3rd century |
p15/p16 (=p. Oxyrhynchus 1008/1009) |
(p15) 1 Cor 7:18-8:4; (p16) Php 3:10-17; 4:2-8 (27 + 15 = 42 verses) |
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late 3rd century |
p17 (= p. Oxyrhynchus.1078) |
Hebrews 9:12-19 (8 verses) |
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late 3rd century |
p110 (=p. Oxyrhynchus 4494) |
Matthew 10:13-15, 25-27 |
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c.300 A.D. |
p72, somewhat similar handwriting to p50. 1 and 2 Peter have page numbers 1-35. Jude has page numbers 62-68. Also contains the Nativity of Mary, the apocryphal letter of Paul to the Corinthians, the 11th Ode of Solomon, Melito’s Homily on the Passover, part of a hymn, the Apology of Phileas, and Psalm 33 and 34. |
1 Peter 1:1-5:14, 2 Peter 1:1-3:18 and Jude 1-25 (191 verses) (Every verse of those three books) |
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p38 |
Acts 18:27-19:6, 12-16 (13 verses) |
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c.300 A.D. |
p64 |
Mt 3:9,15; 5:20-22,25-28; 26:7f,10,14f,22f,31-33 (14 verses) |
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ca.300 A.D. |
p92 |
Ephesians 1:10f,11-13,19-21; 2 Thessalonians 1:4-5,11-12 (10 verses) |
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ca.300 A.D. |
p100 (=P. Oxyrhynchus 4449) |
James 3:13-4:4; 4:9-5:1 |
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ca.300 A.D. |
p102 (= P. Oxyrhynchus 4402) |
Matthew 4:11-12,22-23 |
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ca.300 A.D. |
0162 (P. Oxyrhynchus 847) |
John 2:11-22 (12 verses) |
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ca.300 A.D. |
0171 (PSI 2.124) |
Matthew 10:17-23,25-32; Luke 22:44-50,52-56,61,63-64 (30 verses) |
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ca.300 A.D. |
0220 (MS 113) |
Romans 4:23-5:3,8-13. 100% agrees with Vaticanus except Romans 5:1. (6 verses) |
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ca.300 A.D. |
0232 (P. Antinoopolis 12) |
2 John 1-9 (9 verses) |
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3rd/4th century? |
p7 (=Kiev. Centr. Nauch. Bibl. F.301 (KDA) 553P) |
Lk 4:1-3 (3 verses) |
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3rd/4th century |
p18 (=P. Oxyrhynchus 1079) |
Revelation 1:4-7 (4 verses) |
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3rd/4th century |
p35 (=Firenze. Bibl. Medicea Laurenziana; PSI 1) |
Matthew 25:12-15, 20-23 (8 verses) |
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3rd/4th century |
Sinaitic Old Syriac |
Most of the four Gospels: Mt 1:1-6:10; 7:3-12:4; 12:6-25; 12:29-16:15; 18:11-20:24; 21:20-25:15; 25:17-20,25-26; 25:32-28:7; Mk 1:12-44; 2:21-4:17; 5:1-26; 6:5-16:18; Lk 1:36-5:28; 6:12-24:52; Jn 1:25-47; 2:16-4:37; 5:6-25; 5:46-18:31; 19:40-end). |
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3rd/4th century |
Uncial 0312 |
Luke 5:23-24,30-31; 7:9,17-18 |
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325-350 A.D. |
Vaticanus (B) |
Most of the Old Testament and all of the New up to Heb 9:15 (6,979 NT verses) |
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340-350 A.D. |
Sinaiticus (Aleph) |
Almost all of the New Testament and half of the Septuagint Old Testament |
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4th century |
p8 (Berlin Staatl. Mus. Inv.8683) |
Acts 4:31-37; 5:2-9; 6:1-6,8-15 (29 verses) |
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4th century |
p10 (=P. Oxyrhynchus 209) |
Romans 1:1-7 (7 verses) |
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4th century |
p24 (=P. Oxyrhynchus 1230) |
Revelation 5:5-8; 6:5-8 (8 verses) |
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4th century |
p62 (Oslo Univ. Inv.1661) |
Matthew 11:25-30 (6 verses) |
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4th century |
p71 (=P. Oxyrhynchus 2385) |
Matthew 19:10-11,17-18 (4 verses) |
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Late 4th century |
p25 (=Berlin Staatl. Mus. Inv.16388) |
Matthew 18:32-34; 19:1-3,5-7,9-10 (11 verses) |
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4th/5th century |
p21 (=P. Oxyrhynchus 1227) |
Matthew 12:24-26,32-33 (5 verses) |
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4th/5th century |
p50 (=Yale p.1543) |
Acts 8:26-32; 10:26-31 (13 verses) |
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4th/5th century |
p57 (=Vienna, osterr Nat. Bibl p. G.26020 |
Acts 4:36-5:2; 5:8-10 (7 verses) |
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c.400 A.D. |
p51 (=p. Oxyrhynchus 2157) |
Galatians 1:2-10,13,16-20 (15 verses) |
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400-450 A.D. |
Peshitta Syriac |
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500 A.D. |
Ethiopic (Geez) Translation |
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507/508 A.D. |
Philoxenian Syriac |
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c.450 A.D. |
Alexandrinus (= “A”, or Uncial 02) |
All of the Old Testament is preserved except Gen 14:14-17; 15:1-5, 16-19; 16:6-9; 1 Sam 12:17-14:9; Ps 19:20-79:11. In the New Testament from Mt 25:7 to the end of Revelation, except (Jn 6:50-8:52; Rom 16:24; 2 Cor 4:13-12:6. It also has 1 Clement and 2 Clement until 12:4. The copyist also messed up in one place and copied Rom 16:25-27 twice. From the apocrypha it contains Daniel, Tobit, Judith, 1 Esdras, 1-4 Maccabees, and Sirach. Psalms of Solomon is in the table of contents but is lost. |
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5th century |
Ephraemi Rescriptus (C) |
Mt 1:3-5:14; 7:6-17:25; 18:29-22:20; 23:18-24:9;24:46-25:29; 26:23-27:10; 27:49-28:14; Mk 1:18-6:31; 8:6-12:29; 13:20-16:20 (end); Lk 1:3-2:4; 2:43-3:20; 4:26-6:3; 6:37-7:16; 8:29-12:3; 19:43-20:27; 21:21-22:18; 23:26-24:6; 24:26-53 (end); Jn 1:4-40; 3:34-5:16; 6:38-7:2; 8:35-9:10; 11:8-11:46; 13:8-14:7; 16:22-18:35; 20:26-21:25 (end); Acts !1:3-4:2; 5:35-6:7;6:9-10:42; 13:2-16:36; 20:11-21:30; 22:21-23:17; 24:15-26:18; 27:17-28:5; Rom 1:4-2:4; 3:33-9:5; 10:16-11:30; 13:11-16:27 (end); 1 Cor 1:3-7:17; 9:7-13:7;15:41-1624 (end); 2 Cor 1:3-10:7; Gal 1:21-6:18 (end); Eph 1:3-17; 2:19-4:16; Php 1:23-3:4; Col 1:3-4:18 (end); 1 Th 1:2-2:8; 1 Tim 3:10-5:19; 2 Tim 1:3-4:22 (end); Tt 1:3-3:15 (end); Phm 3-25 (end); Heb 2:5-7:25; 9:16-10:23; 12:16-13:25 (end); Jms 1:3-4:3; 1 Pet 1:3-4:4; 2 Pet 1:2-3:18 (end); 1 Jn 1:3-4:2; 3 Jn 3-14; Jde 3-25; Rev 1:3-3:19; 5:15-7:13; 7:18-8:4; 9:17-10:9; 11:4-16:12; 18:3-19:4. Parts of Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom and Sirach |
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5th century |
(Syriac manuscript # 14,470 |
Gospels |
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5th century |
p14 (=p. Sinai II, Harris 14) |
1 Cor 1:25-27; 2:6-8; 3:8-10,20 (10 verses) |
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5th century |
p93 |
John 13:15-17 |
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5th century |
p127 |
Acts 10:32-35, 40-45; 11:2-5, 30; 12:1-3, 5, 7-9; 15:29-31, 34-36, (37), 38-41; 16:1-4, 13-40; 17:1-10 |
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5th century |
Earliest Sahidic Coptic |
Later Sahidic Coptic has every verse of the NT except for: Mt 12:47; 16:2f-3; 17:21; 18:11; 23:14; Mk 9:44-46; 11:26; 15:28; Lk 17:36; 22:43-44; Jn 5:4; 7:53-8:11; Acts 8:37; 15:34; 24:7; 28:29; Rom 16:24 |
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5th century |
Curetonian Old Syriac (photos at http://www.katapi.org.uk/BibleMSS/Curetonian.htm) |
Mt 1:1-8:22; 10:32-23:25; Mk 16:17-20; Lk 2:48-3:16; 7:33-15:21; 17:24-24:44; Jn 1:1-42; 3:6-7:37; 14:10-29 |
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5th century |
Bezae Cantabrigiensis (D) |
Mt 1:21-5:19; 5:21-29;;5:31-6:19; 9:3-33; 9:35-17:37a; 10:38-41a; 410:42-21:43; 21:45-23:13; 23:15-27:1; 27:13,27:15-28:20; all of Mark except 15:28; All of Luke; All of John except Jn 5:4. Some of Acts and 3 John |
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ca.600 A.D. |
p26 (= P. Oxyrhynchus 1354) (SMU Bridwell Libr.) |
Romans 1:1-16 (16 verses) |
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5th/6th century |
p54 (Princeton Univ. Lib Garrett 7742, P. Princeton 15) |
James 2:16-18,21-26; 3:2-4 |
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5th/6th century |
p56 (=Vienna, Osterr nat. bibl p. G.19918) |
Acts 1:1,4-5,7,10-11 (6 verses) |
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5th/6th century |
p105 |
Matthew 27:62-42; 28:1-5 |
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5th/6th century |
p94 |
Romans 6:10-13,19-22 |
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6th century |
p2 (=Firenze. Mus. Egizio Inv. 7134) |
John 12:12-15 (4 verses) |
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6th century |
p96 |
Matthew 3:13-15 |
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6th century |
Beratinus (Φ) |
Matthew 6:2-7:25; 8:8-18:22; 19:4 to end; Mk 1:1-14:61 |
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6th/7th century |
p3 (= Vienna Osterr. Nat. Bibli. Pap. G 2323) |
Luke 7:36-45; 10:38-42 (15 verses) |
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6th/7th century |
p43 (=London British Library inv.2241) |
Revelation 2:12-13; 15:8-16:2 (5 verses) |
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6th/7th century |
p44a (N.Y. Metro. Museum of Art Inv.14.1 527 1 fol.) |
John 10:8-14 (7 verses) |
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6th/7th century |
p44b (N.Y. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Inv 14.1 527) |
Matthew 17:1-3,6-7; 18:15-17,19; 25:8-10; John 9:3-4; 12:16-18 |
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6th/7th century |
p55 (Vienna osterr Nat. Bibl. p. G.26214) |
John 1:31-33,35-38 |
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6th/7th century |
p94 |
Romans 6:10-13,19-22 |
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6th/7th century |
p97 |
Luke 14:7-14 |
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7th century |
p11 |
1 Cor 1:17-22; 2:9-12,14; 3:1-3,5-6; 4:3-5:5; 5:7-8; 6:5-9,11-18; 7:3-6, 10-14 |
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7th/8th century |
p42 |
Luke 1:54-55; 2:29-32 |
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8th century |
p41 |
Acts 17:28-18:2; 18:17-18,22-25,27; 19:1-4,6-8,13-16,18-19; 20:9-13,15-16,22-24,26-38; 21:1-4,26-27; 22:11-14,16-17 |
See www.biblequery.org/Bible/BibleReliability/EarlyChristianNTQuotes.html for exactly which New Testament verses are in which manuscripts and early Church writings.
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Aristophanes |
450-385 BCE |
10 |
900 CE |
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364-322 BCE |
5 |
1100 CE |
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Caedmon’s Hymn |
658-680 CE. |
21 |
700-750 CE. |
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Demosthenes |
400-300 BCE |
200 |
1100 CE |
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Euripides’ Tragedies (The Origin of the Bible p.182) |
480-406 BCE |
330 |
1100 CE |
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Herodotus |
480-425 BCE |
27 |
900 CE |
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Hesiod Theonomy, Works and Days, Shield |
ca.700 BCE |
50 |
1-100 CE |
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Homer The Iliad. |
900//730 BCE |
1,757 |
400 BCE |
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Note: More copies than any other ancient secular work. 5% of the words in question. |
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Isidore of Seville |
560-636 CE |
86+ |
c.900 CE |
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Josephus Flavius The Jewish War |
85 CE |
9 complete mss. |
401-500 CE |
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Jubilees (Jewish apocryphal book) |
? |
15 (Dead Sea scrolls) + 27 Ge’ez |
100 BCE |
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Julius Caesar The Gallic Wars |
100-44 BCE |
10 |
900 CE |
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Note: only direct evidence we have that Julius Caesar entered Gaul. |
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Livy History of Rome |
27 BCE-17 CE |
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c.1450 CE |
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Mahabharata (a Hindu scripture) |
400 BCE-300 CE |
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80-230 CE by RC dating |
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Note: 10% of the words in question, but the general meaning is clear. |
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Old Testament manuscripts |
1440-400 BCE |
235 among the Dead Sea Scrolls alone |
250 BCE |
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Note: From the Great Isaiah scroll, about 5% of the words are different vs. the Masoretic text. However, most of these are archaic vs. later words and grammar with the same meaning. |
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Plato |
427-347 BCE |
7 |
900 CE |
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Pliny the Younger |
61-113 CE |
7 |
850 CE |
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Suetonius The Twelve Caesars |
70-140 CE |
8 |
950 CE |
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Tacitus |
100 CE |
20 |
1100 CE |
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Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War |
460-400 BCE |
8 |
900 CE |
You can see these at: https://biblequery.org/Bible/BibleReliability/ExistingNTManuscripts.html (and .docx)
For a very detailed list of additional authors, see also https://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/manuscripts/greek_classics.htm
References: https://www.toughquestionsanswered.org/2012/12/11/how-do-other-ancient-texts-compare-to-the-new-testament/ and https://truediscipleship.com/manuscript-evidence-for-the-superior-new-testament-reliability/ and The Origin of the Bible. Note that some earlier references have smaller numbers for Demosthenes, Herodotus, Homer, Julius Caesar, Plato, Tacitus, and Thucydides because of more manuscripts subsequently discovered.
This is at www.biblequery.org/Bible/BibleReliability/ExistingNTManuscripts.docx (and .html)
by Steven Morrison Ph.D.